Using microscope observations of thin sections to estimate soil permeability with the Kozeny-Carman equation

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 251, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 186-201

  Schaap, Marcel G ^a   Lebron, Inma ^a  

^a U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Correlation; Microscopic methods; Permeability; Soils; Thin sections

Indexed keywords

POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOILS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; TEXTURES;

SOIL PERMEABILITY;

HYDROLOGY;

PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL WATER;

EID: 0035479788     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(01)00468-1     Document Type: Article

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